Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union

[2024] FWCA 2890

[2024] FWCA 2890

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DECISION

Fair Work Act 2009

s.185—Enterprise agreement

Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union

(AG2024/2349)

G-FORCE RECRUITMENT LTD AND THE CFMEU (VICTORIAN CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL DIVISION) GEELONG CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTRE (GCEC) PROJECT TRADE APPRENTICE ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2020-2023

Building, metal and civil construction industries
DEPUTY PRESIDENT COLMAN	MELBOURNE, 7 AUGUST 2024

Application for approval of the G-Force Recruitment Ltd and the CFMEU (Victorian Construction and General Division) Geelong Convention & Exhibition Centre (GCEC) Project Trade Apprentice Enterprise Agreement 2020-2023

1. The Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the G-Force Recruitment Ltd and the CFMEU (Victorian Construction and General Division) Geelong Convention & Exhibition Centre (GCEC) Project Trade Apprentice Enterprise Agreement 2020-2023 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

1. On the basis of all the material before the Commission, including the information contained in the application and accompanying declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186 and 187 as are relevant to this application for approval has been met. The Commission is therefore required by s 186(1) of the Act to approve the Agreement. Pursuant to s 201(1), I note that the model flexibility term is taken to be a term of the Agreement. The CFMEU, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s 183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. As required by 201(2), I note that the Agreement covers the CFMEU. The Agreement was approved on 7 August 2024.

DEPUTY PRESIDENT

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